This stunning video by photographer Ian Flavin of Barleycove Beach in West Cork shows you just why there's no need to leave the country this summer.

If it's sun and beautiful beaches you're looking for, look no further than our own little island.

The 30 second video clip shows amazing aerial footage of the beach, and you could nearly be forgiven for thinking that it was somewhere in the south of France, instead of a secluded beach in west Cork.

Photographer Ian, whose other work you can check out on his page here, describes the beach as "quiet and secluded, paradise really" and he's not wrong, it looks incredible!

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